Yeah, he looks delighted, soft lad. Just reading a great article on Bielsa from a Scandi writer, think someone on here (Mis?) pointed him out. This is a passage from the article (titled The Idealist) and a very revealing quote from Bielsa - he really thinks anyone can be an effective defender, it's all about attack:
In 1990, Bielsa took charge of the first team. At thirty-five, he was the youngest coach in the top division. With him came the kids he had trained. Having created a direct 3-3-1-3 based on high pressing and rehearsed moves, Bielsa would each Friday hold a tactical session that drew on a hundred and twenty attacking situations. If the players lost the ball, they had to win it back immediately. “My defensive work can be summed up in one phrase: ‘We all run’,” Bielsa has said. “The process of recovering the ball has five or six main rules, and chau, that’s it. Attacking is indefinite, interminable. That’s why it’s easier to defend than to attack. To run is a voluntary decision; to create demands indispensable talent.”
Thore Haugstad, great writer http://timeontheball.net/
